President to visit Puerto Rico next week to see Hurricane Maria damageTrump tweets about island’s ‘massive debt’ despite growing crisisDonald Trump will visit Puerto Rico next Tuesday, to see some of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria on the lives of 3.5 million Americans. As the president announced the visit,[…]

King Salman ordered the reform in a royal decree delivered on Tuesday night, requesting that drivers licences be issued to women who wanted themWomen in Saudi Arabia have been granted the right to drive, overturning a cornerstone of Saudi conservatism that had been a cause celebre for activists demanding reforms[…]

Canada's residential schools are places that must be marked and acknowledged, even if they represent a dark and difficult chapter of this country's history, says the University of Manitoba's Ry Moran, who calls them sites of conscience.

A group of teenaged students from Cambridge, Ont., are hunting for new subatomic particles at the home of the world's largest atom smasher this week. They hope to turn up what particle physics PhDs have been unable find after decades of searching.

Voters will go to the polls in May or June 2018 to decide whether to repeal near-total constitutional ban on abortion Ireland will hold a referendum next year on whether to repeal its ban on abortion in almost all circumstances, a few weeks before Pope Francis is expected to visit.Leo[…]

French president proposes deeper political integration but suggests UK ‘may one day find place’ in EU moving at different speedsThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has set out his plans for a “profound transformation” of the EU with deeper political integration to win back the support of disgruntled citizens, but suggested[…]

U.S. President Donald Trump announces he will visit Puerto Rico after his administration came under criticism for its response to the damage on the island that is home to more than three million U.S. citizens.

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